Figure 1From: Skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate latissimus dorsi flap reconstruction: a retrospective analysis of the surgical and patient-reported outcomes A 44 year-old woman diagnosed with stage IIA breast cancer of the left breast received skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap reconstruction: (a) circum-areolar skin incision, (b) dissection at the superficial layer of the superficial fascia, the blue arrow indicates dissection plane, (c) mastectomy specimen, (d) transferred latissimus dorsi flap through a subcutaneous tunnel. Back to article page